Michael Andres
Directing
Biography
As a child, filmmaker Michael Andres started in the arts through dance--a protege of jazz legend Gus Giordano. As a teen, he took 1st-place at U.C. Berkeley for his Dramatic Interpretation of the play "Andersonville Trials." He also took 4th-place in California and 15th in the nation for his interpretation of the play "Equus." At UCLA, he studied British Literature, where he became fluent in French and Italian and graduated cum laude at age 21. After college, he interned for Hollywood legend Robert "The Idolmaker" Marcucci as a Chancellor Entertainment story analyst for sequels to "Witchboard" and "Drugstore Cowboy." Upon Marcucci's retirement, Andres returned to the Bay Area, where he directed Academic Advantage Home Tutoring of Saratoga for 12 years. Back home, Andres returned to dance, directing the largest dance studio in the South Bay, The Branham Dance Center, for three years. He concurrently, began teaching film and literature for the county of Santa Clara and the San José Unified School District; through which he has mentored young filmmakers for USC, Chapman, Lion's Gate and Disney, for almost 30 years. Andres still writes, produces, directs and edits film os his own for PBS, Amazon, Prime, AppleTv and TUBI. His screenplays have been translated into Dutch, French, Spanish, Italian, Polish, Czech, Russian, Kazakh, Turkish, Mandarin, Indonesian and Hebrew.
Known For
Mein Kampf's powerful influence on a modern American woman affects her mental perception of herself to the point that she assumes the personage of Hitler's mistress Eva Braun, and is targeted for espousing his views of German nationalism by a domestic U.S. intelligence agency. Written by Black Dove Entertainment
Killing Eva Braun
A business student, also required to study "Hamlet", finds himself in a Shakespearean situation of his own when he falls for the daughter of his father's ex-mistress.
Teach Her
A Middle Eastern girl comes to America to for an arranged marriage but ends up a go-go dancer with a psychotic police officer as her guardian angel.
Layla Live or Die
A young man's search for understanding leads to abduction and tragedy.
Kidschool
In a world ravaged by radiation, a man wakes up with nothing but a fleeting memory from his childhood. As he stumbles through the desolate wasteland, he begins to recover fragments of his past whilst he sets out on a journey to uncover the truth and put an end to the devastation that has overcome his world.
Lovecraft
An English tutor falls for her cowboy client, but he is already engaged to a Christian girl.
The Finishing Tutor
"Romeo and Juliet for adults: a Roman rules a third the world until he is torn between love and politics by his mistress, Cleopatra Queen of Egypt."
Antony and Cleopatra
A film student leaves home for college in the city but gets more than he bargained for when he unknowingly rooms off-campus with a nephew of the Gambino family.
My Roommate Enzo
A fading star battles her agent over typecasting, while an obsessed young fan begins stalking her—blurring admiration into something dangerous.